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October 15th, 2007 (October 15 2007) | Event | 17 Activists in Aotearoa New Zealand arrested in the country s first post 9/11 anti-terrorism raids across the country. | |
October 15th, 2005 (October 15 2005) | Event | Iraqi constitution ratification vote | |
October 15th, 2005 (October 15 2005) | Event | Riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested. | |
October 15th, 2005 (October 15 2005) | Birth | Prince Christian of Denmark | |
October 15th, 2005 (October 15 2005) | Death | Jason Collier, American basketball player (born in 1977) | |
October 15th, 2005 (October 15 2005) | Death | Matti Wuori, Finnish politician (born in 1945) | |
October 15th, 2003 (October 15 2003) | Event | China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission. | |
October 15th, 2003 (October 15 2003) | Event | The Staten Island Ferry boat Andrew J. Barberi collides with a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43. | |
October 15th, 2003 (October 15 2003) | Death | Bertram N. Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1918) | |
October 15th, 2003 (October 15 2003) | Death | Ben Metcalfe, Canadian environmental activist (born in 1919) | |
October 15th, 2001 (October 15 2001) | Event | NASA s Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter s moon Io. | |
October 15th, 2001 (October 15 2001) | Death | Zhang Xueliang, Chinese ruler of Manchuria (born in 1901) | |
October 15th, 2000 (October 15 2000) | Death | Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1912) | |
October 15th, 1997 (October 15 1997) | Event | The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom). | |
October 15th, 1997 (October 15 1997) | Event | The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn. | |
October 15th, 1995 (October 15 1995) | Death | Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (born in 1976) | |
October 15th, 1994 (October 15 1994) | Death | Sarah Kofman, French philosopher (born in 1934) | Philo Quotes |
October 15th, 1992 (October 15 1992) | Birth | Vincent Martella, American actor | |
October 15th, 1990 (October 15 1990) | Event | Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation. | |
October 15th, 1989 (October 15 1989) | Event | Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL. | |
October 15th, 1988 (October 15 1988) | Death | Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English composer and pianist (born in 1892) | |
October 15th, 1987 (October 15 1987) | Event | The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England. | |
October 15th, 1987 (October 15 1987) | Birth | Jesse Levine, American tennis player | |
October 15th, 1987 (October 15 1987) | Death | Thomas Sankara, African revolutionary and leader of Burkina Faso (assassinated) (born in 1949) | |
October 15th, 1986 (October 15 1986) | Birth | Lee Donghae, Korean singer (a member of super junior) | |
October 15th, 1985 (October 15 1985) | Birth | Walter Lopez, Uruguayan footballer | |
October 15th, 1985 (October 15 1985) | Birth | Marcos Martinez Ucha, Spanish racing driver | |
October 15th, 1983 (October 15 1983) | Birth | Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer and actress | |
October 15th, 1982 (October 15 1982) | Birth | Paulini Curuenavuli, Fijian singer | |
October 15th, 1982 (October 15 1982) | Birth | Charline Labonte, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender | |
October 15th, 1981 (October 15 1981) | Event | Professional cheerleader Krazy George Henderson leads what is thought to be the first audience wave in Oakland, California. | George Ade Quotes |
October 15th, 1981 (October 15 1981) | Birth | Keyshia Cole, African American R&B singer | |
October 15th, 1981 (October 15 1981) | Birth | Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player | |
October 15th, 1981 (October 15 1981) | Birth | Guo Jingjing, Chinese diver | |
October 15th, 1981 (October 15 1981) | Birth | Radoslav Zidek, Slovak snowboarder | |
October 15th, 1981 (October 15 1981) | Death | Philip Fotheringham-Parker, British racing driver (born in 1907) | |
October 15th, 1980 (October 15 1980) | Birth | Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist | |
October 15th, 1980 (October 15 1980) | Birth | Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer (Killer) | |
October 15th, 1980 (October 15 1980) | Death | Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (born in 1900) | |
October 15th, 1980 (October 15 1980) | Death | Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (born in 1896) | |
October 15th, 1979 (October 15 1979) | Birth | Paul Robinson, English football player | |
October 15th, 1979 (October 15 1979) | Birth | Maris Verpakovskis, Latvian football player | |
October 15th, 1979 (October 15 1979) | Birth | Blue Adams, American Football Player | |
October 15th, 1978 (October 15 1978) | Birth | Devon Gummersall, American actor | Devo Quotes |
October 15th, 1978 (October 15 1978) | Birth | Takeshi Morishima Japanese professional wrestler | |
October 15th, 1977 (October 15 1977) | Birth | Masato Kawabata, Japanese racing driver | |
October 15th, 1977 (October 15 1977) | Birth | Erin McKeown, American musician | |
October 15th, 1977 (October 15 1977) | Birth | David Trezeguet, French football player | |
October 15th, 1977 (October 15 1977) | Birth | Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer | |
October 15th, 1976 (October 15 1976) | Birth | Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress and singer | |
October 15th, 1976 (October 15 1976) | Death | Carlo Gambino, American gangster (born in 1902) | |
October 15th, 1975 (October 15 1975) | Birth | Ginuwine, American singer | |
October 15th, 1975 (October 15 1975) | Birth | Glen Little, English footballer | |
October 15th, 1973 (October 15 1973) | Event | The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Gabon were established. | |
October 15th, 1973 (October 15 1973) | Birth | Dax Riggs, American musician | |
October 15th, 1972 (October 15 1972) | Birth | Matt Keeslar, American actor | |
October 15th, 1972 (October 15 1972) | Birth | Sandra Kim, Belgian singer | |
October 15th, 1971 (October 15 1971) | Event | The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia. | |
October 15th, 1971 (October 15 1971) | Birth | Andy Cole, British footballer | |
October 15th, 1971 (October 15 1971) | Birth | Jason Arhndt, American wrestler | |
October 15th, 1970 (October 15 1970) | Event | Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses. | |
October 15th, 1970 (October 15 1970) | Event | Anwar Sadat becomes president of Egypt | |
October 15th, 1970 (October 15 1970) | Birth | Virgil, Roman poet (died in 19 BC) | Virgil Quotes |
October 15th, 1970 (October 15 1970) | Birth | Eric Benet, American singer | |
October 15th, 1969 (October 15 1969) | Event | Vietnam War: Hundreds of thousands of people take part in National Moratorium antiwar demonstrations across the United States. | |
October 15th, 1969 (October 15 1969) | Birth | Vanessa Marcil, American actress | |
October 15th, 1969 (October 15 1969) | Birth | Dominic West, British actor | |
October 15th, 1969 (October 15 1969) | Birth | Vitor Baia, Portuguese footballer | |
October 15th, 1968 (October 15 1968) | Birth | Jyrki 69, Finnish musician The 69 Eyes | |
October 15th, 1968 (October 15 1968) | Birth | Didier Deschamps, French footballer | |
October 15th, 1966 (October 15 1966) | Event | Black Panther Party was created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. | |
October 15th, 1966 (October 15 1966) | Birth | Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer | |
October 15th, 1965 (October 15 1965) | Event | Vietnam War: The National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam stages the first public burning of a draft card in the United States to result in arrest under a new law. | |
October 15th, 1964 (October 15 1964) | Birth | Roberto Vittori, Italian astronaut | |
October 15th, 1964 (October 15 1964) | Death | Cole Porter, American composer (born in 1891) | |
October 15th, 1963 (October 15 1963) | Death | Horton Smith. American golfer (born in 1908) | |
October 15th, 1961 (October 15 1961) | Birth | John Kenny, Irish sports broadcaster and journalist | |
October 15th, 1960 (October 15 1960) | Death | Clara Kimball Young, American actress (born in 1890) | |
October 15th, 1959 (October 15 1959) | Birth | Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York | |
October 15th, 1959 (October 15 1959) | Birth | Emeril Lagasse, American chef | |
October 15th, 1959 (October 15 1959) | Birth | Todd Solondz, American film director | Solon Quotes |
October 15th, 1959 (October 15 1959) | Death | Lipot Fejer, Hungarian mathematician (born in 1880) | |
October 15th, 1957 (October 15 1957) | Birth | Mira Nair, Indian director | |
October 15th, 1957 (October 15 1957) | Birth | Stacy Peralta, American director | |
October 15th, 1955 (October 15 1955) | Birth | Kulbir Bhaura, British field hockey player | |
October 15th, 1955 (October 15 1955) | Birth | Tanya Roberts, American actress | |
October 15th, 1954 (October 15 1954) | Birth | Peter Bakowski, Australian poet | |
October 15th, 1953 (October 15 1953) | Event | British nuclear test Totem 1 detonated at Emu Field, South Australia. | |
October 15th, 1953 (October 15 1953) | Birth | Tito Jackson, American musician | |
October 15th, 1953 (October 15 1953) | Birth | Larry Miller, American actor and comedian | |
October 15th, 1953 (October 15 1953) | Birth | Betsy Clifford, Canadian alpine skier | |
October 15th, 1951 (October 15 1951) | Event | Television sitcom I Love Lucy premieres. | |
October 15th, 1951 (October 15 1951) | Event | Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes synthesized the first oral contraceptive | |
October 15th, 1948 (October 15 1948) | Birth | Chris de Burgh, Irish singer and songwriter | |
October 15th, 1948 (October 15 1948) | Death | Edythe Chapman, American actress (born in 1863) | |
October 15th, 1946 (October 15 1946) | Event | Nuremberg Trials: Hermann Goring poisons himself the night before his execution. | Hermann Goring Quotes |
October 15th, 1946 (October 15 1946) | Birth | Richard Carpenter (musician), American musician (The Carpenters) | |
October 15th, 1946 (October 15 1946) | Birth | Stewart Stevenson, Scottish politician | |
October 15th, 1946 (October 15 1946) | Death | Hermann Goring, German air force commander (suicide) (born in 1893) | Hermann Goring Quotes |
October 15th, 1945 (October 15 1945) | Event | World War II: The former premier of Vichy France Pierre Laval is shot by a firing squad for treason. | |
October 15th, 1945 (October 15 1945) | Birth | Jere Burns, American actor | |
October 15th, 1945 (October 15 1945) | Birth | Jim Palmer, American baseball player | |
October 15th, 1945 (October 15 1945) | Death | Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of Vichy France (executed) (born in 1883) | |
October 15th, 1944 (October 15 1944) | Event | The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler s NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes over the power in Hungary. | |
October 15th, 1944 (October 15 1944) | Birth | Sali Berisha, President of Albania | |
October 15th, 1944 (October 15 1944) | Birth | David Trimble, Irish politician, Nobel laureate | |
October 15th, 1944 (October 15 1944) | Birth | Haim Saban, Egyptian-born American media proprietor | |
October 15th, 1942 (October 15 1942) | Birth | Penny Marshall, American actress and movie director | |
October 15th, 1940 (October 15 1940) | Event | "The Great Dictator", a satiric social commentary film by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released. | Charlie Chaplin Quotes |
October 15th, 1940 (October 15 1940) | Birth | Tommy Bishop, English rugby league player | |
October 15th, 1940 (October 15 1940) | Birth | Peter Doherty, Australian immunologist, Nobel laureate | Peter Doherty Quotes |
October 15th, 1939 (October 15 1939) | Event | The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed La Guardia Airport) is dedicated. | |
October 15th, 1938 (October 15 1938) | Birth | Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician (died in 1997) | |
October 15th, 1938 (October 15 1938) | Birth | Marv Johnson, American singer (died in 1993) | |
October 15th, 1935 (October 15 1935) | Birth | Bobby Joe Morrow, American sprinter | |
October 15th, 1935 (October 15 1935) | Birth | Barry McGuire, American singer | |
October 15th, 1935 (October 15 1935) | Birth | Willie O Ree, Canadian Hockey Player | |
October 15th, 1934 (October 15 1934) | Event | The Soviet Republic of China collapses when Chiang Kai-shek s National Revolutionary Army successfully encircle Ruijin, forcing the fleeing Communists to begin the Long March. | Ang Lee Quotes |
October 15th, 1934 (October 15 1934) | Birth | N. Ramani, Indian flutist | |
October 15th, 1934 (October 15 1934) | Death | Raymond Poincare, French statesman (born in 1860) | |
October 15th, 1932 (October 15 1932) | Event | Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight. | |
October 15th, 1931 (October 15 1931) | Birth | Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Eleventh President of India | |
October 15th, 1930 (October 15 1930) | Birth | Fereydun M. Esfandiary, Iranian philosopher (died in 2000) | Philo Quotes |
October 15th, 1930 (October 15 1930) | Death | Herbert Henry Dow, American chemical industrialist (born in 1866) | |
October 15th, 1928 (October 15 1928) | Event | The airship, the Graf Zeppelin completed its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA. | |
October 15th, 1926 (October 15 1926) | Birth | Michel Foucault, French philosopher (died in 1984) | Philo Quotes |
October 15th, 1926 (October 15 1926) | Birth | Evan Hunter, American author (died in 2005) | |
October 15th, 1926 (October 15 1926) | Birth | Jean Peters, American actress (died in 2000) | |
October 15th, 1926 (October 15 1926) | Birth | Karl Richter, German conductor (died in 1981) | |
October 15th, 1925 (October 15 1925) | Birth | Mickey Baker, American guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia) | |
October 15th, 1924 (October 15 1924) | Birth | Lee Iacocca, American industrialist | Lee Iacocca Quotes |
October 15th, 1924 (October 15 1924) | Birth | Mark Lenard, American actor (died in 1996) | |
October 15th, 1924 (October 15 1924) | Birth | Marguerite Andersen, German writer | |
October 15th, 1923 (October 15 1923) | Birth | Italo Calvino. Italian writer (died in 1985) | |
October 15th, 1922 (October 15 1922) | Birth | Agustina Bessa-Luis, Portuguese writer | |
October 15th, 1920 (October 15 1920) | Birth | Mario Puzo, American novelist (died in 1999) | |
October 15th, 1920 (October 15 1920) | Birth | Henri Verneuil, French film director (died in 2002) | |
October 15th, 1919 (October 15 1919) | Birth | Malcolm Ross, American balloonist and atmospheric physicist (died in 1985) | |
October 15th, 1918 (October 15 1918) | Death | Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian saint (born in circa 1838) | |
October 15th, 1917 (October 15 1917) | Event | World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany. | |
October 15th, 1917 (October 15 1917) | Birth | Jan Miner, American actress (died in 2004) | |
October 15th, 1917 (October 15 1917) | Birth | Arthur Schlesinger Jr., American historian and political commentator (died in 2007) | |
October 15th, 1917 (October 15 1917) | Death | Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (born in 1876) | |
October 15th, 1915 (October 15 1915) | Birth | Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician | |
October 15th, 1910 (October 15 1910) | Death | Stanley Ketchel, boxer (murdered) (born in 1886) | |
October 15th, 1909 (October 15 1909) | Birth | Robert Trout, American reporter (died in 2000) | |
October 15th, 1909 (October 15 1909) | Birth | Jesse Leonard Greenstein, American astronomer (died in 2002) | |
October 15th, 1908 (October 15 1908) | Birth | John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian economist (died in 2006) | John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes |
October 15th, 1907 (October 15 1907) | Birth | Varian Fry, American journalist (died in 1967) | |
October 15th, 1906 (October 15 1906) | Birth | Hiram Leong Fong, American politician (died in 2004) | |
October 15th, 1905 (October 15 1905) | Birth | C. P. Snow, British writer (died in 1980) | |
October 15th, 1904 (October 15 1904) | Event | The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War. | |
October 15th, 1900 (October 15 1900) | Birth | Mervyn LeRoy, American film director (died in 1987) | |
October 15th, 1900 (October 15 1900) | Death | Zdenek Fibich, Czech composer (born in 1850) | |
October 15th, 1898 (October 15 1898) | Birth | Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (died in 1951) | |
October 15th, 1894 (October 15 1894) | Event | Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spyingDreyfus affair begins. | |
October 15th, 1894 (October 15 1894) | Birth | Moshe Sharett, second Prime Minister of Israel (died in 1965) | |
October 15th, 1893 (October 15 1893) | Birth | King Carol II of Romania (died in 1953) | |
October 15th, 1891 (October 15 1891) | Death | Gilbert Arthur a Beckett, English writer (born in 1837) | |
October 15th, 1888 (October 15 1888) | Event | The "From Hell" letter sent by Jack the Ripper is received by the investigators. | |
October 15th, 1884 (October 15 1884) | Birth | Arch Hoxsey, pioneer aviator (died in 1910) | |
October 15th, 1882 (October 15 1882) | Birth | Charley O Leary, American baseball player (died in 1941) | |
October 15th, 1881 (October 15 1881) | Birth | P. G. Wodehouse, British novelist (died in 1975) | P. G. Wodehouse Quotes |
October 15th, 1880 (October 15 1880) | Event | Mexican soldiers kill Victorio, one of the greatest Apache military strategists. | |
October 15th, 1880 (October 15 1880) | Death | Victorio, Apache leader | |
October 15th, 1879 (October 15 1879) | Birth | Jane Darwell, Academy Award-winning American actress (died in 1967) | |
October 15th, 1878 (October 15 1878) | Event | The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation. | |
October 15th, 1878 (October 15 1878) | Birth | Paul Reynaud, French politician (died in 1966) | |
October 15th, 1874 (October 15 1874) | Birth | Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (died in 1899) | |
October 15th, 1872 (October 15 1872) | Birth | Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian president (died in 1956) | |
October 15th, 1864 (October 15 1864) | Event | American Civil War: The Battle of Glasgow is fought, resulting in the surrender of Glasgow, Missouri, and its Union garrison, to the Confederacy. | |
October 15th, 1863 (October 15 1863) | Event | American Civil War: The CSS H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks during a test, killing its inventor, Horace L. Hunley. | Horace Quotes |
October 15th, 1858 (October 15 1858) | Birth | John L. Sullivan, American boxer (died in 1918) | |
October 15th, 1844 (October 15 1844) | Birth | Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (died in 1900) | Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes |
October 15th, 1840 (October 15 1840) | Birth | Honore Mercier, politician and premier of Quebec (died in 1894) | |
October 15th, 1837 (October 15 1837) | Death | Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman and poet (born in 1760) | |
October 15th, 1836 (October 15 1836) | Birth | James Tissot, French artist (died in 1902) | |
October 15th, 1829 (October 15 1829) | Birth | Asaph Hall, American astronomer (died in 1907) | |
October 15th, 1825 (October 15 1825) | Birth | Queen Marie of Prussia (died in 1889) | |
October 15th, 1820 (October 15 1820) | Death | Karl Philipp Furst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (born in 1771) | |
October 15th, 1819 (October 15 1819) | Death | Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (born in 1744) | |
October 15th, 1817 (October 15 1817) | Death | Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish and Lithuanian national hero (born in 1746) | |
October 15th, 1815 (October 15 1815) | Event | Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean. | |
October 15th, 1814 (October 15 1814) | Birth | Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (died in 1841) | |
October 15th, 1811 (October 15 1811) | Death | Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (born in 1735) | |
October 15th, 1810 (October 15 1810) | Death | Alfred Moore, American judge (born in 1755) | |
October 15th, 1788 (October 15 1788) | Death | Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (born in 1735) | |
October 15th, 1784 (October 15 1784) | Birth | Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and duke of Isly (died in 1849) | |
October 15th, 1764 (October 15 1764) | Event | Edward Gibbon observes a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of Jupiter in Rome, which inspires him to begin work on The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward Gibbon Quotes |
October 15th, 1730 (October 15 1730) | Death | Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (born in 1658) | |
October 15th, 1715 (October 15 1715) | Death | Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (born in 1675) | |
October 15th, 1711 (October 15 1711) | Birth | Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (died in 1741) | |
October 15th, 1701 (October 15 1701) | Birth | Marie-Marguerite d Youville, first native Canadian canonized (died in 1771) | |
October 15th, 1686 (October 15 1686) | Birth | Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (died in 1758) | |
October 15th, 1608 (October 15 1608) | Birth | Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (died in 1647) | |
October 15th, 1582 (October 15 1582) | Event | Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15. | |
October 15th, 1564 (October 15 1564) | Death | Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (born in 1514) | |
October 15th, 1552 (October 15 1552) | Event | Khanate of Kazan is conquered by troops of Ivan Grozny. | |
October 15th, 1542 (October 15 1542) | Birth | Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (died in 1605) | |
October 15th, 1471 (October 15 1471) | Birth | Konrad Mutian, German humanist (died in 1526) | |
October 15th, 1389 (October 15 1389) | Death | Pope Urban VI | |
October 15th, 1326 (October 15 1326) | Death | Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (born in 1261) | |
October 15th, 1080 (October 15 1080) | Death | Rudolf of Rheinfeld, Duke of Swabia | |
October 15th, 1002 (October 15 1002) | Death | Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (born in 946) | |
October 15th, 0912 (October 15 0912) | Death | Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Cordoba | |
October 15th, 0898 (October 15 0898) | Death | Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor | |
October 15th, 0533 (October 15 0533) | Event | Byzantine general Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Vandals. | |
October 15th, 0412 (October 15 0412) | Death | Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria | |